CeNeRx BioPharma, Inc., a clinical stage company developing and commercializing innovative treatments for diseases of the central nervous system, today announced top-line results from a Phase I clinical trial of Tyrima(TM), its lead candidate for the treatment of depression and anxiety. In this study, Tyrima was safe and well tolerated. Tyrima is a member of [...]
Stress and difficult life events in the family can contribute to the development of diabetes in children. A correlation between such mental duress and diabetes-related autoimmune activity has been established in studies at Linkoping University in Sweden.
The studies involve 17,000 children born in 1997-99 and their parents. In blood samples the children, the [...]
For older adults who have lived through the Great Depression, news stories comparing present circumstances to the harsh realities of food lines, few jobs, and extreme poverty of the 1930’s may be panic-producing. Add that to the fact that an economic crisis disproportionately affects older adults who need access to retirement funds, and it’s not [...]
Richardson is a psychiatrist with Parkwood Hospital, part of St. Joseph’s Health Care, London and a professor with the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario. His team conducted a random, national survey of more than a thousand Canadian peacekeeping veterans with service-related disabilities. The participants were below the age [...]
Worried sick: We’ve all heard the phrase, but now there’s new evidence that might really knit your brow. New research shows that highly anxious patients with heart disease face nearly double the risk of heart attack or death when compared to those with a more serene outlook on life.
Patients whose anxiety intensified over [...]
The National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund has awarded 20 Advocacy in Action grants totaling $100,000 to member organizations selected by a competitive application process to assist groups in forwarding advocacy locally.
“These grants offer our member organizations support as they work to advance our goal of eradicating breast cancer,” said Fran Visco, president [...]
Most of us remember our teenage years with a mix of fondness and relief. Fondness for the good memories, and relief that all that teenage stress, angst and drama – first love, gossip, SATs, fights with parents – is behind us.
Or is it? It turns out, say UCLA researchers, that even stressful times [...]
Sepracor Inc. (Nasdaq: SEPR) today announced that it has completed the analysis and validation of the preliminary results of a Phase II, 440-patient study evaluating the efficacy and safety of SEP-225441, a modified-release formulation of eszopiclone for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Sepracor determined that the study did not meet its primary efficacy [...]
French researchers have discovered a simple and cheap method of predicting who is at greater risk of dying suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack.
In a study of 7746 French male civil servants, published in Europe’s leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal [1] (29 April), the researchers found that men whose [...]
Moving house or the separation of parents can significantly increase the risk of children developing allergies later on. These are the results from a long-term study correlating life-style, immune system development and allergies, led by the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research in Leipzig (UFZ), the Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen and the “Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung” (IUF) [...]
